Favorite Commercial of 2010

Jewelry by Betty

Aunt Betty always helps me look festive. She is so creative!

Thanks for the pretty necklace, Aunt Betty!

The Birthday Boy

Can you believe that Puck is 7 years old now?

This is Puck on his birthday this year, doing his favorite thing: sleeping in my fleece blanket right next to his most precious toy.

Here he is at 5 years old:

And at 3 years old:

Looking at these pictures, you can see he gets whiter and whiter all the time.

Eat This, Not That!

Willie and I have something in common! We both love shoes! However, I would rather wear them than chew them.

Willie slept all weekend, and Monday morning when I let him out of the crate, he was a ball of fire running around. Too bad for him I had to go to work. His very kind Auntie Nicole came over and let him out and played with him while I worked. He has made 2 trips to the vet in 4 days. The first time they said he had a cold and the second time they said he had a parasite. Delightful... So, Willie gets to take his antibiotics 3x a day.

He is still very scared of public places. He just curls up in my arms and almost plays dead when we go to busy places with him. But, when he gets home, he runs around and chews on everything! I have about 10 toys for him, and I don't think it's enough. Maybe Santa will bring him some more.

I can't wait to spend more time with him over the holidays!

Meet Willie!

This weekend, I went to a pet adoption with a friend of mine (we believe they thought we were a couple) and ended up leaving with this little guy. He is 12 weeks old, 14 lbs, from Tennessee, and most likely a Lab mix. He is quite tired from all he has been through and the vet thinks he might even have a little cold. So Mike and Willie have been sleeping buddies for the past two days.

Look at his legs! They are huge!

Puck is very unsure of this guy. He has been keeping his distance.

I will post more pictures when he becomes more active. What do you think? Is there a little pit bull in there? Maybe boxer? He does like to throw his arms around at us a lot. He has white and black markings on his belly. Could it be border collie? Any ideas?

Holiday Crafts

I was determined to have a Family Craft Day this year, and since I set the date for it a few weeks ago, I have been so excited! My grandmother, mother, aunts, brother, uncle, and Mike were all at our house making holiday crafts and enjoying cookies and coffee.

This year, we bought the most beautiful tree, but I don't have nearly enough decorations and my tree topper is not what I would like it to be. We made ornaments out of clear balls and sleds, and many of them were donated to my Christmas tree.

Tom put a dreidel on his ornamant for my tree. He actually broke the ornament, so he patched up the bottom with a piece of felt. Classy, Tom.

When we were in Maine, Mike cut down a birch tree for us. We made centerpieces and tea light candle holders out of the logs. Drilling the holes was the hardest part and Mike took care of that.

On another note-I am very proud of myself this year because I sent out Christmas cards!